Truck



F. J. BENTZ TRUCK Filed April 21, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 8, 1932. F. J. BENTZ 1,886,782

TRUCK Filed April 21, 1951 s sheets-sheet 2 F. J. BENTZ Nov. 8, 1932.

TRUCK Filed April 21, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 ZZZ-B izmvlzu'ron ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 8, 1932 FRANK J. BENTZ, ,MIAMI FLORIDA Titus;

Application filed April 21,

This invention relates to a truck especially adapted to be used for carrying the supplies, material, and tools used by an artisan as for instance a plumber and consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a truck body'which may be used as a tool kit and storage bin for the material and also as a work bench.

With this object in view the structure includes a pair of sills adapted to be applied to the cross bar of a truck there being a compartment above the sills for the reception of material and a second compartment above the first mentioned compartment adapted to hold tools and having a door closer which may be converted into a work bench. Compartments are arranged above the last mentioned compartment and are disposed ininclined po-j sition. The last mentioned compartments have their openings disposed upwardly and outwardly so that their bottom Walls are ,dis- 7 posed downwardly and inwardly and closure panels are arranged to lie over the said open- 3 partments.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side e evational view of the truck.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view, thereof. Figure 3 is a rear end elevational view of the truck body.

the truck body detached.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the same.

The truck body is adapted to be mounted upon the platform 1 of a truck of conventional form as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. which are attached to the platform 1 by means of bolts 3 (see Figure 2). A cross piece 4 is connected with the rear ends of the sills 2 and bridges the space between the sills said cross of the sills as best shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. A coupling member'5 is mounted .upon the cross piece 4:. Side pieces 6 are 7 each other. tween the sills 2. -A front wall 8 extends floor 12 project beyondthe outer surfaces ofis provided with a The truck body comprises sills 2 ,7

piece being located at the rear ends ,1931. 7 Serial No. 531,793.

nally thereof. The forward ends of thesills 2 project beyond the forward ends of the side pieces 6 but the rear ends of both the sills and the side pieces are vertically flush with 55 A bottom wall 7 is interposed beacross the space between the side pieces 6 at] the forward ends thereof and-forms a ChaIII- her 9 between the side pieces 6 and bottom oo wall? as shown in Figure 2. A door 10 is hinged to the cross piece 'land is adapted'to close the'rear'end of the chamber 9. A securing device 11 is mounted upon the door-lOand is adapted to hold thesaid door at a closed position as shown in Figure 3 ofth'e drawfloor 12 is mounted upon the upperedges of the side pieces6 and the side portions of the the side pieces *6 as shown in FigureQ. A shelf 13extends rearwardly from the floor 12 in the vicinity of one side edge thereof and a vise 14 mav be mounted upon the said shelf. means being provided for holdingthe. closure panels at elevated positions so that access may be had to the last mentioned com- 1 tudinal side edges of the floor 12and partition walls 16 are mounted upon the floor 12 vertically abovethe side pieces 6 the spaces betweenthe side walls 15 and partition walls 16 form'tunnels 17 which may bezused for. carrying long lengths of pipe, piecesof timber or other. lengthy material. The tunnels 17- are open from end toend..

' A bin 18vis mounted upon theupper edges V of the side walls'15 and the partition wallsu Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of columns 19. l The bottom walls 20.0f .the columns 19 form the top wallsof the tunnels 17. The columns 19 are anticlined as shown in Figure'2 of the drawings and eachcolumn series of partition walls 7 21, thesaid partition walls being disposed at 1 right angle to the inner walls 22 of the respective columns. The walls 22form-the topwalls of a chamber 23 which is located above the floor 12 between the partition Walls .16 herein before described; The front end of thechamber 23is: closed by the frontwall of the bin. Cleats 24 are mounted upon the innersurfacesof the partition-walls 16 and I Side walls 15. are mounted upon the longi- 7r The compartment 23 is designed provided at their upper edges with angularly disposed portions adapted to engage behind said flanges, said panels being adapted to swing away from the compartments and slide under the top plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK J. BENTZ.

to hold the tools which are used by e artisan When the panel or closure 25 is. swung tov an open position the lugs 26 may he slid back .under the cleats24 and thus the closure 25 may serve as a work bench as indicated in dotted lines in Figure i of the drawings.

' Frame members 30 are mounted at the inner sides of the. upper portions of the front and rear walls, of the bin and the said frame members are provided with shoulders 31. A plate 324 extends from the front to the rear ,wall of the bin and is located above the frame members 30 and spaced therefrom. Said plate is provided at its longitudinal r edges with down turned flanges 33. Closure panels 34: are provided at their edges with angular disposed portions 35 adapted to engage, the flanges 33 when the said panels 34; are closed down upon the outer edgesv of the partitions 21 as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. The said panels 34 are provided at their lower edges with, securing devices 35 by means of which the said panels may be connected with the side walls 15 when the compartments between the partitionsf2l are closed' The said compartments are designed to hold material such as the pipe elbows, small fittings, nuts bolts and the like.

A railing 36 is mounted upon the plate 32 dlesor packages upon the plate 32. When it; is desired'to open the compartment between the partitions21 thepanels 34 are swung upwardly upon theends of the frames 30 and and may serve as means for holding bunturned upon. the shoulders 31 of the said frames and slid inwardly to the positions as shown in Figure 2 ofthe drawings when the said panels will remain in'open position and free/access to the contents of the compartment. at the opposite side of the bin may be hadby the artisan.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A truck body comprising, vertical end 'walls, partition walls located between the 7 end Walls, and forming compartments, said compartments being arranged in inclined tiers; and being open at their outer ends, a

top plate'disposed upon the end walls and located: above the compartments and; provided at its edges with downwardly dis- -posed flanges, closurerpanels adapted-to lie over thezouter ends of the compartments and 

